PS3 RPGs – The Ones to Watch before New Year

2008 has been an incredibly strong year for RPG fans, and the Playstation 3 is no exception to this onslaught of high quality, high budget titles. Despite the fact some fans and console war propagandists have been screaming out that the Xbox 360 has taken over as RPG heaven thanks to Microsoft throwing their weight and money around, the PS3 still has several RPGs that match and even rival the Xbox 360 line-up. PS3 owners have already been treated to the awesome Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice, share Enchanted Arms with the 360 and have another exclusive RPG property in Folklore.

But there's more! Check out what PS3 owning RPG fans have to look forward to in what remains of 2008.

[Darkiewonder]

you know the list is bad if they had to add enchanted arms.

I'm sorry but that's just so wrong.

[AP]

Well, Enchanted Arms isn't in the top 3 anticipated games... it's just mentioned as one of the PS3 RPGs avaliable. And it's got a really fun battle system - it's a shame the graphics and plot suck.

[HardcoreGamer]

but it feels as if they were making the ps3 sound so bad for rpgs , i know it may sound daft but i beleive it so, as they put enchanted arms in that list

[kevnb]

If you thought that was bad, don't even think of buying Eternal Sonata.

[barom]

What's wrong with Eternal Sonata? It looks good. If I had a 360 I probably would have bought it (or would've if it was 20-30$)

[BigPenguin]

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You said you could not get 2 hours through it because the characters sucked. I agree completely, and luckily they kill them off(well, you stop using them and they only appear sporadically, one of them disappearing until the very last cutscene) after about 5 hours :P The gameplay also is pretty changed up.

SPOILERS OVER!!!!!!!!!

I really liked the gameplay later on though, it became almost like a SRPG with the way you had to tactically place your guys. Horrible graphics though, bad plot(but it actually had a few new idea's that I liked thrown into the cliched storyline) and some of the worst voice acting ever though kind of made the game overall pretty meh. I still beat it though, because I was in an RPG drought 2 years ago. And honestly, its not even in the top 20 worst RPGs I have played.

[SixTwoTwo]

Valkyria Chronicles, Fallout 3, Eternal Sonata, Sacred 2, and Rise of the Argonauts all available this fall. Now can we finally stop saying the PS3 has no RPG's.

[Sangria]

Is Rise Of The Argonauts a RPG? I saw only one video and it seemed to me to be a GoW-like.

[Harry190]

Rise of the Argonauts is an rpg and from the looks of things, it looks excellent. People should also take a look at Sacred which looks really really good.

[zypher]

PS3 hardly has any EXCLUSIVE jrpgs. Valkyria Chronicles and Disgaea 3 are the only exclusive jrpg coming in the near future; compared to 360 currently available ToV and Infinite Undiscovery, and the soon to be release Star Ocean IV (still boggles my mind how Sony let that series slip) and Last Ramnent (timed-exclusive). PS3 still has WKC (my most awaited jrpg this generation) and FFXIII Versus, but at this point those are distant-future. hopefully TGS brings with it firm release dates for both, as well as confirmation of Dark Cloud 3 and Kingdom Hearts 3.

[khellendros1]

I have to clear out my selection of games so I can get ready for these games. I have a lot of games that I haven't beat yet. I have a copy of Folklore that I haven't opened yet. There's just not enough time to play everything.

[nice_cuppa]

other than valkarie cronicles all are on 360 !
How does this even come close let alone rival the rpgs offered to 360 gamers by end 2008 ?

[InMyOpinion]

But...but...All RPGs on teh 360 are teh flopzorz!

[Drekken]

3 stooges... floppin your way to feeling better.

[clintos59]

Folklore (Was a flop in reviews but a very good game in my opinion and underrated)
Disgaea 3 (I havent played this game yet and im sure I will when it hits the US since I am huge fan of SRPG's)
White Knight Chronicles (One of the most anticipated JRPG's out there)
Final Fantasy 13 Versus (This looks to be more bad a$$ then FF13)
KH3 (Most likely since it has been a ps2 franchise and successful on the ps2 which makes me believe will be a ps3 exclusive)
New Team Ico Game (Anything from this team will be gold and triple A and will definately be a classic)

Are all also on the 360? Dont get me wrong, the 360 has had tons of jrpg's no doubt about it, and some of them were good, but not spectacular. Out of all of them, Tals of V. is the best jrpg to come out on the 360 which doesnt hold a candle to what Team Ico is about to unleash. Heck I think even White Knighte Chronicles will be better.

Ill admit the ps3 is laggin in jrpg's but there coming and most of them will be high quality ones aswell. Remember quality over quantity. U can have all the jrpg's u want on your system but if they are all rush jobs then im more then happy to wait for some great jrpg's.

[nice_cuppa]

must be really popular !

[militant07]

its shame for droid when he read this.

eternal sonata- old news i already beat that game from 8months.

The first 2 titles- SRPG/TRPG that really sucks and just few few how liked it.

Fallout 3- multiplatform

[TheColbertinator]

I beat Eternal Sonata too already.Its an OK JRPG but needed less preaching at the end.The art style though was fantastic.

[PopEmUp]

calling yourself droid btw have you play Disgaea 3 That game just own your lovable rpg lol

[sinncross]

VC needs multi player support for me to buy it... otherwise ill wait a while

[ceedubya9]

Sonata is a port of a game that's been out for a while. VC is an exclusive, and is at least worth mentioning if you are into Strategy RPGS.

Fallout 3 is definitely worth getting excited about, but its also coming to the competition.

If I only owned a PS3, nothing about this article would make me feel any better about the current PS3 RPG situation. If anything, it would get me upset again for reminding me of how grim it looks for the rest of the year.

2009 should be better though.

[ceedubya9]

Glad I got both. Not missing anything this gen.

[Anton Chigurh]

=)

[Raoh]

this fall looking forward to

sacred 2 and valkeria Chronicles

next year White Knight Chronicles

_____

for the haters go to metacritic and see the list of rpg flops the 360 dropped this year that no one wants to discuss, one of them came out in july or august...

[kevnb]

reviewers usually are way off with JRPGS.

[ceedubya9]

Most of the RPGs on the 360 have ratings that go anywhere from Average to good. This seems about right to me for this genre. There aren't many RPGs that get much better scores that aren't named Final Fantasy anyway.

The point isn't about how good the games are. The point is that the PS3 has a limited number. And the ones out now for the PS3 could be considered flops as well by your logic.

[tiropitas]

that really is desperate. i am a rpg fan myself thats why i got a ps3 although so far not many are out i got enchanted arms, folklore and disgaea 3 but common enchanted arms was crap. i actually finished it and it was idiotic. Worst voice overs ever and the characters were all idiots. the story was non existent.. easily the worst rpg i ve played :P

[kevnb]

as the worst JRPG this generation. Eternal Sonata doesn't even have a half decent battle system. I'm going out on a limb and calling Beat the worst character in JRPG history as well.

[TheColbertinator]

@kevnb

What about the losers from Unlimited SaGa? Those chumps are the most boring characters ever created.At least Beat shuts up after the first 3 hours of the game.

[Homicide]

Disgaea 3 is very fun, but the story is lame. Valkyria Chronicles looks awesome. Can't wait for that. My personal favorite is Persona 4 though.

[kevnb]

story doesn't make or break a game.

[ceedubya9]

Sadly, its a PS2 game. Won't matter much to me though since I got the old trusty 60 gigger. Still would have been nice to have it as a PS3 game.

[Jdoki]

What an overly enthusiastic article!!

I'm a BIG fan of RPG's regardless of whether they are Western, Japanese, SRPG's or whatever.

But overall I've disappointed with almost every RPG released this generation. Blue Dragon was a nice distraction, but hardly AAA. Disgaea 3 is awesome, but extremely niche. The rest have all been pretty meh or just so uninspired I've not even bothered ot look at them.

The 360 may have more RPG's, but that doesn't mean they are all good - in fact very few are worth the time.

Waiting for a decent RPG on the PS3 has been like watching tumbleweeds blow across the desert.

The future looks better, but fingers crossed some of those RPG's actually are AAA.

[AP]

Even as the writer of the piece, I can agree that it is a bit over-enthusiastic. However, I do think both Fallout AND Valkyria Chronicles will be AAA titles. Most of PS3's stuff is coming in 09, though.

[edhe]

Wow, what an awesome list.

Yeah.

o_O.

Mean Fallout 3 is even getting exclusive DLC, GTA style. There's no way a person buying a ps3 in the ape of a ps2 for RPG games is going to be getting a good deal.

Shame.

[TheColbertinator]

However,I am down for Valkyria Chronicles.If SEGA did a good job with it,I will defeintely grab it.

[Raoh]

so far from what i read from costumers at play-asia.com the comments are extremely positive

[HardcoreGamer]

i just bought disgaea 3 from spitpod and im from the UK,, it hasnt even hit but i have it now as my fellows US have..
and its like everything i wanted, except the visuals are not what they was suppose to, i mean the game is over 100000 percent addictive but graphics shud of been updated, maybe they will for next one,

[rakgi]

enchanted arms was terrible, disgaea is awesome, folklore was fun but isnt a real rpg but i still enjoyed it...fallout 3 i want as for eternal im not sure i have yet to try it...tales of vesperia i havent bought but man was that demo awesome and i wanna try valkyria looks really fun.....man my wallet is gonna be really empty for a while

[Robearboy]

As bad as enchanted arms was it was the very first RPG that i got into and finshed, for what ever reason i hadnt really played one before on any other console so i wont diss the game in anyway (apart from its gayness), now i have blue dragon, lost odyssey, eternal sonata and ifinate undiscovery (very underratred imo) and i cant wait for what else devs have to offer

[BaSeBaLlKiD721]

i guess im the only one who cannot figure out how RPGs are fun...

[Cynical-Gamerzus]

Where's Shenmue for crying out loud LOL j/k

[The Goulet]

I hoped they mention Folklore which is a AAA RPG that no one talked about.

[Knightofelemia]

The rpg from sega might be interesting but i played Eternal Sonata on the Xbox to me its something that is suitable for the Nintendo Wii. I want a game like White Knight Story or even A wild Arms game. Xbox can have Infinite Undiscovery i baught the game and its not that good. I sold the game to a used game store after 3 days of it. Last Remnant will be multiplatform wich is good. But i am pritty sure Star Ocean 4 is an exclusive game to the 360.

[DARKTRINITYxxx]

Will be getting Fallout 3, Valkyrie Chronicles and also Sacred 2 fallen angel wich they seemed to off missed out weird as its def releasing in november for the PS3,360.PC. Eternal sonata ive played on my brothers XBOX360 so i will pick that up for my PS3 after christmas.